Elitist (band)

Elitist is an American metalcore band from Los Angeles, California and is signed to, The Anti Campaign. They have recorded two EP's and one full-length album to date, the most recent being Reshape Reason, released on September 25, 2012.

History

Formation and Caves

Elitist was founded in April 2010 after member, Julian Rodriguez, got together with former vocalist Jacob Katz. They recorded a demo titled "Principes" and went on to recruit Mike Danese on bass, Robert Platz on drum and Sean Hall on guitar. They recorded and released a five song EP entitled, "Caves".

Earth

In 2011 the band began working with Blkheart Group, an independent label and management group. Jacob Katz left the band and was replaced with vocalist Alex De Heart. They went on to record and release their second EP entitled, "Earth".

Reshape Reason and touring 2012

Prior to the band's first tour cycle, guitarist Sean Hall left the group for personal reasons. In January 2012 the band went on their first tour as direct support for the instrumental group, Scale the Summit. This was titled, "Their Strings Are Voices Tour" and started shortly after Elitist completed a mini-tour with Impending Doom and Molotov Solution. During the tour, drummer Robert Platz left the band to join a punk rock group called Drive-A. The band continued the rest of the tour with programmed drums created in the tour van by guitarist Julian Rodriguez. On return, The band dropped their label and parted ways with vocalist Alex Deheart in pursuit of a new vocal direction. The position was promptly filled by long time friend of the band Chris Balay. They announced in early spring that they would release a New album entitled Reshape Reason, which was released on September 25 independently with close collaboration with The Anti Campaign. In an interview, bassist Mike Danese stated that with this album, they wanted to combine crowd favorites such as "Caves" and "Specter" from the previous album in order to make Reshape Reason stay true to their sound and please the fans. Reshape Reason ranked number 4 on the iTunes metal charts its first week.

Members

Current members

• Julian Rodriguez - lead guitar (2010–present)
• Chris Balay - lead vocals (2012–present)
• Mike Danese - bass (2010–present)
• Ben Kazenoff- drums (2012–present)

Former members

• Robert Platz - drums (2010–2011)
• Jacob Katz - vocals (2010–2011)
• Sean Hall - guitar (2010–2011)
• Alex Deheart - vocals (2011–2012)
• Nick Meehan - guitar (touring) (2012)

Music videos

• "Caves" (2010)
• "Unto the Sun" (2012)

Discography

Albums